Gallery: The best photos from around the world
14 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our Picture Editors. Follow us on Twitter @photosSMH.
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A firefighter trains a hose on a major blaze which has broken out at the Primark store in Belfast city centre, in Northern Ireland.Photo: AP
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A visitor sits near a fountain at Vauquelin Place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Median single-family home prices in Montreal rose 5.7% to C$336,250.00 in July from a year ago, according to the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board.Photo: Bloomberg
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Rohingya refugee girls cross a makeshift bamboo bridge at Kutupalong refugee camp, where they have been living amid uncertainty over their future after they fled Myanmar to escape violence a year ago, in Bangladesh.Photo: AP
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Indonesia's Dewi Setyaningsih and Della Harimurti compete during women's 10m synchro platform diving competition at the 18th Asian Games at Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia.Photo: AP
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As smoke filters into the intermountain West with forest fires burning throughout the region, the setting sun turns the sky gold as it drops behind the mountains in Denver, Colorado USA.Photo: AP
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Supporters of Workers' Party candidate for vice-president Fernando Haddad shout slogans during a campaign rally in Sao Goncalo municipality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Former Sao Paulo Mayor Haddad will replace jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva if the electoral justice bars him from running for president. Brazil will hold general elections on Oct. 7. Photo: AP
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A Korea Post mail carrier adjust his helmet strap while departing to make deliveries on a motorcycle at the Seoul Central Post Office in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Bloomberg
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Pedestrians stand by a road that was closed due to waterlogging after heavy rainfall in Gurgaon, India. Several areas were waterlogged and traffic disrupted after heavy monsoon rainfall in the city that stands on the outskirts of New Delhi.Photo: AP
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A man watches lightningat Kauffman stadium during a severe storm before a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians in Kansas City, Missouri USA.Photo: AP
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Cenita Walker-Scott, of Chicago, dances to legendary singer Aretha Franklin's song "Rock Steady" being played while waiting in line outside of Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit to pay her respects to Franklin on the first day of public viewing.Photo: AP
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Police order the fans of Brazil's Santos to leave the grand stand at the end of a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina's Independiente, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Photo: AP
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Costumed revellers perform in the parade during the Notting Hill Carnival in London. The carnival has been held every year since 1966 and one of the largest festival celebrations of its kind in Europe.Photo: AP
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Vapor rises from cooling towers at the Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux nuclear power plant, operated by Electricite de France SA (EDF), in Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux, France. French available nuclear capacity increased to the most for four months as Electricite de France SA started three of its reactors, according to data from French grid operator Reseau de Transport d'Electricite.Photo: Bloomberg
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Nuns walk in downtown Rome.Photo: AP